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  1. Graham
    That's an easy pass for me, as I'm not a fan of the Barbatos design. I did watch season 1 of IBO recently and thought it was OK. Will probably get around to watching season 2 eventually.
  2. Graham
    Binged watched season 2 over Christmas and enjoyed it. But yeah, I also would have spaced Smith a long time ago.
  3. Graham
    Zero desire to ever watch this, same as the first movie. Thankfully I don't have a pre-teen daughter, so no pressure to go see it. I hope this sequel doesn't have a super annoying song, which my nieces are gonna be singing non-stop, like with the first movie.......groan.
  4. Graham
    Saw it yesterday. Thought it was just OK, but quite rushed. Probably won't go to see it a second time at the cinema.
  5. Graham
    It seems to be out. Saw it in a shop near my office today for HK$12,000 (which is about US$1,538).
  6. Graham
    As good as this looks, 1/72 scale is a deal breaker for me, as it's not going to match any other mobile suit toys or models I have on my shelves. If it had been in either 1/100 scale or 1/144 scale (or there about), I would likely have pre-ordered it.
  7. Graham
    RIP. Just been working my way through DS9. On season 5 at the moment.
  8. Graham
    I just watched all of season 3 of Legion on my flights to UK and back. Definitely enjoyed season 3 far more than season 2.
  9. Graham
    There's been loads of videos and still images of the Metal Structure RX-93 Nu-Gundam, highlighting the gimmicks, features, opening hatches, LED lights etc, but almost nothing about the articulation, or perhaps lack thereof. I'd love to know what range of motion this thing is capable of? I think so far all we have seen is that the elbows can bend 90 degrees. I'm not expecting it to be super articulated, I do understand that the size, weight and gimmicks may be limiting factors to the amount of articulation that can be added. However, at the insane price they are asking, I'd expected at least strong ratcheted joints on the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, with at least a 90 degree range of movement on the knees and elbows and hopefully close to that for hip front and rear range of motion. Hopefully this thing is not just a statue with only limited movement in the arms.
  10. Graham
    But not unboxing it until Christmas Day.
  11. Graham
    Picked up the just released Metal Build Crossbone X2 Gundam last night. Haven't opened it yet though. May hold off opening it until Christmas and make it a Christmas present to myself. I really hope we get a Metal Build Crossbone X3 and also a Full Cloth version of the X1.
  12. Graham
    Loving it, especially as I'm someone who grew up on Spaghetti Westerns, I can't understand why a few people think the pacing is slow? To me it seems fine, but I'm not of the Fast & Furious generation that needs an explosion or car chase a minute or they get bored......LOL
  13. Graham
    On the blue F-91, does the beam shield attach securely to the arm? I have the white Metal Build F-91 and the beam shield can get knocked off even if you look at it the wrong way.
  14. Graham
    So, in episode 2............
  15. Graham
    Now that I'm defintely getting.
  16. Graham
    Chicken winging that rifle.
  17. Graham
    Saw it with my son on Saturday. Really enjoyed it. Definitely the 3rd best Terminator movie after the original and T2 and a worthy sequel to T2.
  18. Graham
    Wasn't overly blown away by the trailer. Didn't like the horses also. Still, I'll watch it in the cinema when it opens. Its a tradition. Probably see it at least twice, even if it's bad.
  19. Graham
    What's a good Defiant toy? recommendations?
  20. Graham
    So I'm guessing these are non-transforming plastic model kits, that look to be equivalent to about Bandai HG in size and quality?
  21. Graham
    I bought the Bandai Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X1 and Bandai Metal Build F91 last week. No pics yet, but here's my observations: Firstly, I need to say that I'm a big fan of late UC era miniaturized mobile suit designs such as the F90, F91, Victory Gundam etc. I didn't use to be a fan of the Crossbone Gundam, but after recently reading the manga, the design has really grown on my to the point where it's now one of my favorite mobile suite designs..........I now own the 1/144 scale Crossbone X1 RG model kit, the 1/100 X1 MG model kit and now the Metal Build X1 toy. Metal Build F91 Gundam Comments First the negatives: The Metal Build is not anime accurate. It is a stylized redesign/reimagining. This is what put me off buying the Metal Build F91 for so long. If you are like me and love the anime movie F91 design and want an anime-accurate high-end toy of the F91, the Metal Build may not be for you. Sure, it is recognizable as an F91, but nearly every part has been changed so that it is NOT anime line-art accurate. The most notable and easily spotted changes are the redesign of the VSBRs, the redesigned shape of the chest grill and the redesign of the shoulder armour. The classic and iconic F91 shoulder markings have also been changed so that they are no longer solid red. These redesigns may not bother you, but as an anime/line-art purist they bother me. I did know it was not anime accurate when I bought it, but still went ahead. Next negative - The V-fin does not attach securely and gets knocked off extremely easily during normal handling at the slightest touch. Next negative - The beam shield does not attach securely and gets knocked off extremely easily during normal handling at the slightest touch. Minor negative -the box is constructed of quite flimsy card. Maybe I'm spoiled by the Macross Delta DX boxes. Anyway, I'm not a box collector and have already thrown out the F91 box,. Last negative, there is no gimmick for opening the cockpit hatch. Maybe I'm too used to Master Grade kits, but I love to be able to open the cockpit hatch on mobile suits and see the pilot figure inside. You would think on such a high-end and expensive toy, which is actually physically larger than the 1/100 Master Grade, which does have an opening cockpit feature this would be possible, but sadly it is absent on the Metal Build. On the positive side, joints are nice and tight, fit, finish, paint applications and markings are all excellent and articulation is very good. Metal Build Crossbone Gundam X1 Comments A near perfect figure. Tight joints, great detail, tones of accessories. Looks awesome. Good articulation, great fit. The finish, paint apps and markings are perfect. No flaws on mine. Only negatives I can think of out the box card stock is a bit flimsy. But as with the F91 I have already thrown out the box to save space as I seldom keep boxes. The wrist pegs for the hands do seem a little thin, so I'm a bit concerned about stress or breakage if I change the hands too many times as the hand-to-wrist peg fit is quite tight and a bit of force is required to push the hand onto the wrist peg. The Crossbone Gundam X1 gets a 99% rating from me.
  22. Graham
    Finally just got around to finishing the last few episodes of the GRRM based Nightflyers on Netflix. I'd watched up to episode 6 when it was first released and then I got bored. and moved onto other things. Finally decided to push myself to finish it last week, but what a shitty ending/non-ending. And from what I've researched it's not been picked up for a second season either.
  23. Graham
    Saw it a couple of weeks ago on Netflix, not bad.
  24. Graham
    Mac 7 is awesome
  25. Graham
    Great pics
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